China's One Child Policy
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- China's One Child Policy
- Basic Facts
- 1950- 1960 population grew rapidly so in 1979 they got the one child policy.
- In 1970 the population was 1 billion and now its 1.37 billion.
- What is the policy?
- People in china are only allowed one child.
- Why did the policy develop?
- There wasn't enough food.
- There wasn't enough energy.
- There wasn't enough water.
- People were rewarded for only having one child.
- People with more that one child are fined.
- They had to abort and have sterilization.
- Social Impacts
- A Chinese child will look after 2 parents and 4 grandparents or 4 parents and 8 grandparents.
- Children wont have siblings
- Girls are abandoned because boys are preferred
- By 2020 men will outnumber women.
- Economic Impacts
- Rising older population leads to more medical and financial support.
- Elderly will outnumber the younger population.
- China's economy wont have enough workers to expand businesses.
- The future
- If you live in the countryside and you have a girl you can try for a boy.
- Due to the fact boys stay with the parents to care for them.
- If both parents are only children you can try for a boy if your first child was a girl.
- Rules don't apply to an ethnic minority.
- If you live in the countryside and you have a girl you can try for a boy.
- Basic Facts
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